Head Gardener
- Employer
- Historic Environment Scotland
- Location
- Edinburgh and the Lothians
- Salary
- £24102 - £30189
- Closing date
- 21 Aug 2019
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- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Function
- Gardening Jobs, Garden and Landscape Design Jobs, Management Jobs
- Sector
- Horticultural Specialist, Countryside, Parks & Open Space, Greenkeeping & Turf Care, Groundskeeping & Maintenance
Job Details
The Role:
This is a chance to lead a busy and dedicated team of staff, maintaining some of the highest profile sites on the Historic Environment Scotland Estate.
The post is an integral part of the Conservation Directorate - Edinburgh Regional Team delivering gardening and grounds maintenance to an extremely high standard.
The Park and Palace sites extend to an area of approximately 650 acres and commensurate experience of managing large scale, complex gardening and grounds maintenance operations with multiple site users is an essential requirement for the post.
About us:
We are the lead body for Scotland’s historic environment; a charity dedicated to the advancement of heritage, culture, education and environmental protection.
We’re at the forefront of researching and understanding the historic environment, and addressing the impact of climate change on its future.
We investigate and record architectural and archaeological sites and landscapes across Scotland and care for more than 300 properties of national importance.
We have a People Strategy, which is an overarching strategy to ensure we support and develop staff within the organisation.
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Company
Historic Environment Scotland is the lead public body established to investigate, care for and promote Scotland’s historic environment.
We lead and enable Scotland’s first historic environment strategy Our Place in Time, which sets out how our historic environment will be managed. It ensures our historic environment is cared for, valued and enhanced, both now and for future generations.
We’re a non-departmental public body with charitable status. We're governed by a Board of Trustees, who were appointed by Scottish Ministers.
We’re responsible for more than 300 properties of national importance. Buildings and monuments in our care include Edinburgh Castle, Skara Brae, Fort George and numerous smaller sites, which together draw more than 3 million visitors per year.
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